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Dawood 03
Term | Definition |
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adip, lip, steat/o | fat |
dermat, derm, cutane/o | skin |
pil, trich/o | hair |
hidr/o | sweat |
onych, ung/o | nail |
squam/o | scale |
seb, sebace/o | oil |
itchyt/o | scaly |
kerat/o | hard |
pachy/o | thick |
xer/o | dry |
ryhtid/o | wrinkle |
luek/o | white |
erythr/o | red |
xanth/o | yellow |
melan/o | black |
comedo | whitehead or blackhead clogged with oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria |
macerate | softened skin around a wound |
urticaria | hives |
localized | in one specific area |
generalized | all over |
centrifugal | spreads from trunk to extremities |
centripetal | spreads from extremities to trunk |
papules | bumps <1cm |
nodule | bumps >1cm |
plaques | bumps that are large and flat |
vesicles | bumps that are <1cm filled with clear fluid |
bulla | bumps that are >1cm filled with clear fluid |
pustules | bumps filled with pus |
abscesses | large pustules |
macules, freckles | small flat spots |
patches | large flat spots |
cherry angioma | raise collection of blood vessels |
telangiectasia | flat collection of blood vessels |
petechiae | small bruise |
ecchymosis | large bruise |
cicatrix | scar |
keloid | over healed scar |
nevus | birthmark |
dysplastic nevus | large and irregular shaped moles |
verruca | wart |
dermatalgia | der/mah/tal/gah |
dermatodynia | der/mah/toh/dye/knee-ugh |
dermatolysis | der/mah/toh/lye/sis |
hemathidrosis | heh/mat/hi/droh/sis |